Cost-of-Living Comparisons
 
State City Overall Cost-of-Living
Index Value
Comparison to Wichita
Kansas Wichita 81.7    
U.S. Average U.S. Average 100.0 22.4% more expensive
         
Alabama Birmingham 89.4 9.4% more expensive
Alaska Anchorage 114.7 40.4% more expensive
Arizona Phoenix-Mesa 107.8 31.9% more expensive
Arizona Tucson 104.8 28.3% more expensive
Arkansas Little Rock - North Little Rock 81.6 0.1% less expensive
California Los Angeles - Long Beach 153.0 87.3% more expensive
California San Diego 177.1 116.8% more expensive
California San Francisco 206.0 152.1% more expensive
Colorado Denver 110.4 35.1% more expensive
Connecticut Bridgeport 163.4 100.0% more expensive
Connecticut Hartford 115.8 41.7% more expensive
Delaware Dover 93.3 14.2% more expensive
District of Colombia Washington 141.6 73.3% more expensive
Florida Miami 132.2 61.8% more expensive
Florida Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 101.1 23.7% more expensive
Georgia Atlanta 92.4 13.1% more expensive
Georgia Savannah 91.6 12.1% more expensive
Hawaii Honolulu 174.8 114.0% more expensive
Idaho Boise 89.7 9.8% more expensive
Illinois Chicago 115.2 41.0% more expensive
Indiana Bloominton 91.6 12.1% more expensive
Iowa Des Moines 89.6 9.7% more expensive
Kentuck Lexington 88.6 8.4% more expensive
Louisiana New Orleans 92.8 13.6% more expensive
Maine Portland 113.0 38.3% more expensive
Maryland Baltimore 110.3 35.0% more expensive
Massachusetts Boston 145.3 77.8% more expensive
Michigan Ann Arbor 95.3 16.6% more expensive
Michigan Detroit 94.8 16.0% more expensive
Michigan Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 84.4 3.3% more expensive
Minnesota Minneapolis-St. Paul 113.9 39.4% more expensive
Mississippi Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula 84.0 2.8% more expensive
Missouri Columbia 89.7 9.8% more expensive
Missouri Kansas City 91.2 11.6% more expensive
Missouri St. Louis 87.8 7.5% more expensive
Montona Missoula 88.0 7.7% more expensive
Nebraska Lincoln 89.7 9.8% more expensive
Nevada Las Vegas 117.9 44.3% more expensive
New Hampshire Manchester 110.3 35.0% more expensive
New Jersey Newark 145.2 77.7% more expensive
New Mexico Albuquerque 94.7 15.9% more expensive
New York Albany 108.7 33.0% more expensive
New York Buffalo 85.5 4.7% more expensive
New York New York 176.6 116.2% more expensive
North Carolina Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 97.2 19.0% more expensive
North Dakota Fargo-Moorhead 86.1 5.4% more expensive
Ohio Cincinnati 88.7 8.6% more expensive
Ohio Cleveland 92.9 13.7% more expensive
Ohio Columbus 93.2 14.1% more expensive
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 82.2 0.6% more expensive
Oregon Carvallis 100.7 23.3% more expensive
Oregon Portland-Vancouver 107.0 31.0% more expensive
Pennsylvania Philadelphia 107.6 31.7% more expensive
Pennsylvania Pittsburge 87.8 7.5% more expensive
Rhode Island Providence-Fall River-Warwick 122.9 50.4% more expensive
South Carolina Charleston-North Charleston 96.8 18.5% more expensive
South Dakota Sioux Falls 90.1 10.3% more expensive
Tennessee Memphis 85.3 4.4% more expensive
Tennessee Nashville 88.0 7.7% more expensive
Texas Austin 90.1 10.3% more expensive
Texas Dallas 90.0 10.2% more expensive
Texas Houston 87.2 6.7% more expensive
Utah Salt Lake City-Ogden 93.3 14.2% more expensive
Vermont Burlington 102.2 25.1% more expensive
Virginia Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport 98.5 20.6% more expensive
Virginia Richmond-Petersburg 96.6 18.2% more expensive
Washington Seattle 119.8 46.6% more expensive
West Virgina Charleston 81.4 0.4% less expensive
Wisconsin Madison 102.7 25.7% more expensive
Wisconsin Mikwaukee-Waukesha 103.2 26.3% more expensive
Wyoming Casper 86.9 6.4% more expensive
*Source:  http://www.bestplaces.net

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